Plocamopherus imperialis

Angas, 1864 · species

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Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Nudibranchia/Polyceridae/Plocamopherus

At a glance

Occurrence records1 025

Data sources10

Biological traits4

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections1

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Plocamopherus imperialis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility884 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System141 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page6 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources4 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS1 025 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈765 Mbp

01Narrative

Plocamopherus imperialis is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology1

Body length10 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Other traits1

Vulnerability10

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Plocamopherus imperialis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs2

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

Countries2

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Plocamopherus imperialis carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size≈764 770 046 bp assembly estimate

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Plocamopherus imperialis0.76 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.

Assembly levelScaffold

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 025 records

Wild obs. + sensor883

Museum / vouchered142

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO792 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit63

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 10 m · max 25 m · 63 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy83% within 1 km

≤100 m 495≤1 km 163≤10 km 114>10 km 19

791 georeferenced · 92 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor883

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy82% within 1 km

≤100 m 8≤1 km 89≤10 km 16>10 km 6

119 georeferenced · 23 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence142

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 6 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Sydney, AU	56
Museums Victorialocation not on record	10
CASlocation not on record	4
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territorylocation not on record	4
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	1
Earth Sciences New Zealandlocation not on record	1

6 institutions · 76 of 142 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Plocamopherus imperialis was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found1

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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Plocamopherus imperialis

At a glance

Sources10 archives

Size & morphology1

Habitat & environment2

Other traits1

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Record type1 025 records

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions1 of 6 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type1 025 records